Meaning

2 senses
  1. Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event.

    He unfortunately placed his hand on a loose brick.

    There were an unfortunately large number of misprints.

    leider, unglücklicherweise, bedauerlicherweise

    к сожале́ниюk sožaléniju, к несча́стьюk nesčástʹju

    на жа́льna žálʹ

    by bad luck

  2. Used (as a parenthetical word, often a sentence adverb) to express disappointment, compassion, sorrow, regret, or grief.

    The houses which burned down could have been saved. Unfortunately, the fire truck had broken down on the way.

Examples

724 sentences
  1. Unfortunately, Tom refused to help us.

    На жаль, Том відмовився нам допомогти. — deniko

    ruК сожалению, Том отказался нам помочь. — odexed

  2. Unfortunately, we don't have what you want.

    На жаль, у нас немає того, що ти хочеш. — deniko

    ruК сожалению, у нас нет того, что вы хотите. — marafon

  3. Unfortunately, the food supplies gave out before the end of winter.

    На жаль запаси продуктів закінчилися ще до завершення зими. — ChickenKiev

    ruК несчастью, запасы продуктов закончились ещё до окончания зимы. — Hellerick

    deLeider gingen die Nahrungsmittelvorräte vor Ende des Winters zu Ende. — raggione

  4. Unfortunately, it's not possible.

    На жаль, це неможливо. — deniko

    ruК сожалению, это невозможно. — marafon

  5. Unfortunately, I have other plans.

    На жаль, у мене інші плани. — deniko

    ruК сожалению, у меня другие планы. — marafon

    deLeider habe ich schon etwas anderes vor. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
happening through bad luck:
Русский
By meaning 1
happening through bad luck:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
happening through bad luck:

Origin

From unfortunate + -ly or un- + fortunately.

From unfortunate + -ly or un- + fortunately.

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Forms

more unfortunately, most unfortunately
Comparativemore unfortunately Lesson
Superlativemost unfortunately

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
through bad luck:unluckily
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
through bad luck:fortunatelyA2luckilyA2

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unfortunately — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto